The 302-km long Agra-Lucknow Expressway, constructed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority, will be open for public on November 21, the eve of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav's 78th birthday.

A dream project of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, the expressway was completed in a record time of 22 months and has cost Rs 13,200 crore.

The six-lane expressway (expandable to eight-lane in future) will cut travel time between Lucknow and Agra from 6 hours to 3:30 hours.